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Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass
… Microsoft was planning to do this with the Xbox One, but a backlash from publishers and game resellers forced the company to abandon the plans. Windows Central speculates that Positron could be in preparation for Project Helix, Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox console. …
Xbox exploring ‘radically different’ console business models
… Microsoft’s former Xbox president Sarah Bond described its next-gen Xbox console as “a very premium, very high-end curated experience” back in October, before the industry-wide constraints on memory and storage really started to hit. …
RAMaggedon’s making Xbox “rethink” its Helix console.
During an interview with The Game Business at Summer Game Fest, Xbox strategy chief Matthew Ball admitted to “underestimating” the RAM crisis, saying that demand for Xbox consoles “exceeds supply.” It’s pushing Xbox to re-evaluate its plans for its next-gen Helix console: “We are working very hard …
I held the next-gen handheld
… I walked away thinking that next-gen handhelds have finally arrived. …
Xbox changes continue with new console boot animation
… The new Xbox logo has a more glassy look, and I understand Microsoft has also been using this new design for some of its internal next-gen Project Helix materials. …
With GTA looming, consoles are getting expensive at the worst possible time
… Even if GTA VI was purchased by every single person who currently owns a PS5 and Xbox Series X / S, it still wouldn’t sell anywhere near that number. The PS5 has an install base of just over 90 million, while it’s estimated that Microsoft has sold around 30 million current-gen Xbox consoles. …
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
… Kevin Gammill, corporate vice president of Xbox user experience, is also stepping down after nearly 20 years at Microsoft. “He has dedicated more than 15 years to Xbox and will support the transition,” says Sharma. “I’m grateful for his leadership and everything he has built here.” Jason Ronald, vi… …
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
… Xbox Cloud Gaming’s new design already includes plenty of new animations, and Sharma also wants to accelerate “a more connected PC experience with stronger discovery, relevance, and social so players can move across games, devices, and friends without friction.” It will be interesting to see what i… …
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